ripple

Meaning

Noun

1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
4. A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.

Verb

1. To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
2. To propagate like a moving wave.
3. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
4. To shape into a series of ripples.
5. To launch or unleash in rapid succession.

Verb

To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze

Verb

To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

Concepts

ripple

wave

surge

undulate

swell

wavelet

small wave

riffle

billow

gurgle

undulation

ruffle

babble

pulsation

stream

be choppy

wash

rise and fall

popple

cockle

bubble

burble

guggle

rippling

purl

pulse

move

spread

flutter

wavelets

ring on the water

be in discord

run high

heave

roller

surf

crinkle

fret

lop

play

bar

break

dash

lap

roll

breaker

swish

capillary ripple

capillary wave

corrugation

flow mark

moire pattern

waviness

weld ripple

fluctuate

impulsive motion

panting

pulsating

surging

scale picture

throb

shake

wiggle

formation

display wave

motion ocean sea

note

tone

ruffled

agitated

rock

sway

splash

rolling

be agitated

eddy

perish

ruined

rumble

swirl

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/

Etymology

From an alteration of rimple.